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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the story means circuitous or indirect?
(a) Ornery.
(b) Devious.
(c) Destitute.
(d) Evolved.

2. What are the two outcomes for the criminal depending on his choice of door in the arena?
(a) To be exiled or hung.
(b) To be crowned or married.
(c) To be devoured or married.
(d) To be knighted or killed.

3. From where does the priest emerge if the criminal is found innocent in the arena?
(a) From a door behind the king.
(b) From above the criminal.
(c) From the galleries.
(d) From a door before the king.

4. What pleases the king the most, according to the narrative in the beginning of the story?
(a) "To incur upon his community a sense of love, peace, and justice."
(b) "To remind his citizens of his warmth and generosity."
(c) "To make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places."
(d) "To uphold justice by the methods delivered him by the great gods."

5. How does the princess feel about the lady of the court that awaits the courtier behind one door in the arena?
(a) She hates her.
(b) She does not know her.
(c) She worships her.
(d) She loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the criminal facing trial in the arena, the narrator says that he is subject to no guidance "but that of the aforementioned" what?

2. In Part 4 of the story, the narrator describes the judgment of the masses regarding the courtier by saying, "Of course, everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged had" what?

3. When does the story take place?

4. What does "barbarism" in the narrative most closely reflect?

5. What does the word "untrammelled" from the story mean?

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